III. Poultry Feeds. 



Meat scraps. To be of good quality meat scrap 



Animal should be comparatively free from taint, and 



By-Products. should not contain an excessive amount of bone, 



Pages 30-31. fat or moisture. The most desirable should be 



coarsely ground and contain at least 45 per cent 



protein, and not over 15 per cent fat and 25 per cent ash. A high 



ash content is indicative of an excess of bone. This fact can be 



readily confirmed by consulting the table of analyses. Occasionally 



samples of so-called meat scrap are found which could more properly 



be classed with meat and bone meals. 



Blue Ribbon meat scraps deserve special mention in that they are 

 almost pure meat, containing some 81 per cent of protein. 



Meat and bone meals contain considerably more bone than meat 

 scraps, and sell at a somewhat lower figure. The four samples re- 

 ported practically maintained their guarantees and were of good 

 quality. 



Bent's Milk Albumen maintained its protein guar- 

 Milk antee. It had a characteristic gluey odor and an 



By-Products. unattractive appearance. 



Page 31. Harding's granulated milk did not maintain its 



guarantee, but in appearance and odor was su- 

 perior to the Milk Albumen. If sweet, such feeds may be used as 

 a source of protein both for fowls and chicks. 



Poultry Mashes 

 and Meals. 

 Pages 31-32. 



The ready-to-use mixtures for poultry collected by 

 the station sold at an average figure of about %2 

 a hundred. While, on account of the small lots 

 usually sold it is believed that there is some jus- 

 tification in the high price asked, it is also believed 

 that foods equally as satisfactory can be home mixed at a somewhat 

 lower price. 



The feeder should bear in mind that any mixture to form a com- 

 plete food under winter conditions, or where fowls are confined, 

 should furnish all the ingredients which would naturally be obtained 

 under ideal conditions, i. e., on unlimited summer range. That is, 



